Originally posted by mjwhite
Dear Pastor N.B.,
What do you mean by, "The Covenant of God, being 'worked on' by anyone, while leaving out the Master, is legalalism! The Covenant is our agreement"
Could you explain what you think the Covenant is?
Thanks,
mike
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Hi Mike:
(Hope you do not mind the emphasis & verses in part-you can read then in complete form, ok?)
First: ALL WORK! We [never do our own thing]! Try Eph. 6:12. So, we need to understand what God REQUIRES of us to be, so we will be 'safe to save' Nam. 1:9 & Matt. 28:20.
And this is our part, in the GodHeads Covenant, a pledge, contract, or two party agreement, after we have surrendered our 'will' to His 'WILL' .This is the COVENANT, Everlasting Covenant.
The old Covenant & the New Covenant are only different in [location]. Ex. 20 & 2 Cor. 3:3. 'Epistal' here means the LETTER OF CHRIST, [His CHARACTER]! (after conversion) From the tables of stone into the fleshy tables of the Heart
The 'letter of the law killeth, [but the Spirit GIVETH LIFE' so without the Born Again life man is lost! Acts 5:32 THIS IS 'EVERLASTING GOSPEL'!
The Law of God, His epistal' is the Royal 'Universal' Covenant. Other WORLDS twice stated in Heb. (plural!) (see *Rev. 22:8-9-total book! 2 Tim. 3:16 & James 2:10-12) This is the only part of the Word of God that He did not let man put in their own words describing. (They were inspired to write, yet it is their own description. That is why Matt., Mark, Luke and John differ, ok?)
Now, read Isa 8:20 and you see the [two] parts of TRUTH, to TEST [LIGHT]
by! Also 1 Jn. 2:4 says NO TRUTH & IS AN LIAR. The testimony part is all the 66 bks. as 'Holy Men Of God Spake as they were 'Moved By The Holy Ghost' This is the 'testimony part'. But it stated BEFORE that, "TO THE LAW" [[and]] to the testimony: [IF] they speak [NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD], IT IS BECAUSE [THERE IS *NO LIGHT IN THEM.]" Check verse 16 ibide.
The devils confussion [has always been] over the law of Moses. The 'd'evil wants to nail the COVENANT to the cross! (This is what the war in heaven was all about) Notice this wording:
"And Moses wrote this law, ... which [bare the ark OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD] ... And it came to pass, when [Moses had made an end of the WRITING THE WORDS OF THIS LAW *IN A BOOK, ... That Moses [commanded] the Levites, which [bare the ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD] (notice the WORDING here!) [TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW,
[AND PUT IT *IN [THE SIDE] OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD."
Did you catch that? Not [INSIDE OF THE ARK, *BUT IN THE SIDE OF THE ARK of the COVENANT OF THE LORD! Moses law ended at the cross, it was added because of trangression, [UNTIL THE SEED SHALL COME]. see Gal. 3:19. It mostly covered the services of the Sanctuary.
And again, the Royal Law of the Universe is said to be ETERNAL as before stated. Rev. 14:6's first part & Heb. 13:20.
In Psalms 77:13 God says that [His way is in His Sanctuary]. The study of the Sanctuary is of top importance for 'meat' fed Christians. Matt. 4:4!
Now, we need to be sure of what was [INSIDE THE ARK]?! Read Deut 4:12-14 for the exact wording of this Covenant! We have seen the Word of God tell us what was put in the [SIDE OF THE ARK]. There are many verses for this, but there is NO misunderstanding of 1 Kings 8:5-9. Verse 9 says that, 'There was NOTHING IN THE ARK SAVE THE *TWO TABLES OF STONE, which Mose put there at Horeb, when the LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ISRAEL, when they came out of the land of Egypt." (later there is the budding rod also put therein)
Now, one writter states that this is the Sabbath commandment. That is not true, as such. It was the 'Epistle of Christ', His LETTER! HIS CHARACTER, HIS PERSON, HIS ROYAL LAW OF THE UNIVERSE, this includes (INCLUDES) THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH, BUT IT IS NOT THE SABBATH ONLY. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE IN THE WORDING?? *TWO TABLES OF STONE! One Law with two feature. Christ stated the First four as the 'first & Great Commandment, then he stated, adding that the second of importance as being like unto it, that of loving thy neighbor as thyself. Try Matt 22:35-40. (read verse 40!) And Rom. 13 is only about the second table of stone, But that is another subject!
Don' want to wear you down?
Just print this for further study perhaps?
Two more OK?
What did Jesus do with the Commandments? Isa. 42:21 tells us that, ".. He will [MAGNIFY] the [LAW and MAKE IT HONORABLE]." You remember, To look upon a woman with lust in your heart is adultary', & 'hate is murder'.
Also Matt. 5:18.
Now pay CLOSE ATTENTION to this verse! Rev. 11:18-19.
It was Judgement time in verse 18 & in verse 19 it says, "And the TEMPLE OF GOD WAS [OPENED IN HEAVEN, AND THERE WAS [SEEN IN HIS TEMPLE THE *ARK OF HIS *TESTAMENT]: ..." TEN COMMANDMENTS! James 2:12.
Your true friend in the Master's quickly finished work for the 'House of God' FIRST, (1 Peter 4:17)
Pastor N.B.